10-letter words containing g, c
- categorize — If you categorize people or things, you divide them into sets or you say which set they belong to.
- category 3 — (hardware) (Cat 3, or "voice grade") An American Standards Institute standard for UTP cables. Used, e.g., for 100BaseVG network cabling.
- category 5 — The term Category 5 refers to Ethernet cabling that allows data transfers up to 100 Megabits per second.
- category a — (of a prisoner) regarded as highly dangerous and therefore requiring constant observation and maximum security
- category d — (of a prisoner) regarded as sufficiently trustworthy to be kept under open prison conditions
- catenating — Present participle of catenate.
- catfishing — Present participle of catfish.
- cathecting — Present participle of cathect.
- catnapping — a short, light nap or doze.
- cattle dog — a catalogue
- caucussing — the act of holding a private, often secret meeting of members of a political party prior to an election or general party meeting
- cautioning — Present participle of caution.
- cavitating — Present participle of cavitate.
- cavortings — sexual frolics
- centigrade — Centigrade is a scale for measuring temperature, in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees. It is represented by the symbol °C.
- centigrams — Plural form of centigram.
- centrifuge — A centrifuge is a machine that spins mixtures of different substances around very quickly so that they separate by centrifugal force.
- cephalalgy — Dated form of cephalalgia.
- ceredigion — a county of W Wales, on Cardigan Bay: created in 1996 from part of Dyfed; corresponds to the former Cardiganshire (abolished 1974): mainly agricultural, with the Cambrian Mountains in the E and N. Administrative centre: Aberaeron. Pop: 77 200 (2003 est). Area: 1793 sq km (692 sq miles)
- cerography — the art of engraving on a waxed plate on which a printing surface is created by electrotyping
- certifying — Present participle of certify.
- cetologist — the branch of zoology dealing with whales and dolphins.
- cgi script — Common Gateway Interface
- ch'eng tsu — Yung Lo.
- ch'ing hai — a lake in W central China, in NE Qinghai province. 2300 sq. mi. (5950 sq. km).
- ch'ing-hai — Qing Hai.
- chaffering — Present participle of chaffer.
- chaffingly — in a rallying yet light-hearted manner
- chagrining — Present participle of chagrin.
- chagrinned — a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
- chain gang — In the United States, a chain gang is a group of prisoners who are chained together to do work outside their prison. Chain gangs existed especially in former times.
- chain gear — a gear assembly in which motion is transmitted by means of a chain.
- challenged — If you say that someone is challenged in a particular way, you mean that they have a disability in that area. Challenged is often combined with inappropriate words for humorous effect.
- challenger — A challenger is someone who competes with you for a position or title that you already have, for example being a sports champion or a political leader.
- challenges — Plural form of challenge.
- chambering — a room, usually private, in a house or apartment, especially a bedroom: She retired to her chamber.
- chamfering — Present participle of chamfer.
- champagnes — Plural form of champagne.
- champaigne — Philippe de (filip də). 1602–74, French painter, born in Brussels: noted particularly for his portraits and historical and religious scenes
- champignon — any of various agaricaceous edible mushrooms, esp Marasmius oreades and the meadow mushroom
- chandigarh — a city and Union Territory of N India, joint capital of the Punjab and Haryana: modern city planned in the 1950s by Le Corbusier. Pop: 808 796 (2001), of city; 900 414 (2001), of union territory. Area (of union territory): 114 sq km (44 sq miles)
- change key — a key opening only one lock.
- change off — to take turns
- changeable — Someone or something that is changeable is likely to change many times.
- changeably — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
- changeless — unchanging; immutable
- changeling — A changeling is a child who was put in the place of another child when they were both babies. In stories changelings were often taken or left by fairies.
- changeover — A changeover is a change from one activity or system to another.
- changeroom — a room for use in changing one's clothes.
- channeling — esp. in some New Age beliefs, the process by which a person becomes a conduit for a deceased person, as someone from an ancient culture, who imparts information about a previous life